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Personal Hotspot always gives 2.4GHz band network

Personal Hotspot always gives 2.4GHz band network

iPhone 11, iOS 14

Posted on Oct 12, 2020 7:27 AM

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Posted on Oct 12, 2020 8:13 AM

How to do that, where is recent android mobile you choose either 2.4 GHz/5 GHz when setting up the personal hotspot where as in iPhone we don't have that provision


More over in real world 5 GHz WiFi band is faster than 2.4 GHz WiFi band that's the reason now a days routers are coming up with both the band and mobile phones are also compatible with both of the bands

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Oct 12, 2020 8:13 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

How to do that, where is recent android mobile you choose either 2.4 GHz/5 GHz when setting up the personal hotspot where as in iPhone we don't have that provision


More over in real world 5 GHz WiFi band is faster than 2.4 GHz WiFi band that's the reason now a days routers are coming up with both the band and mobile phones are also compatible with both of the bands

Oct 12, 2020 8:23 AM in response to Jonnafalls

Jonnafalls wrote:

How to do that, where is recent android mobile you choose either 2.4 GHz/5 GHz when setting up the personal hotspot where as in iPhone we don't have that provision

More over in real world 5 GHz WiFi band is faster than 2.4 GHz WiFi band that's the reason now a days routers are coming up with both the band and mobile phones are also compatible with both of the bands

The 5 GHz band is faster between your devices and the hotspot in your phone, but the limiting factor is the cellular network speed, which at its best is still far below the speed of a 2.4 GHz connection. So there is no advantage to connecting to the hotspot at 5 GHz, and two disadvantages: It gobbles energy much faster, and it has a much shorter range than 2.4 GHz.

Personal Hotspot always gives 2.4GHz band network

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